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February 26, 2005
Knitting and Coding
Huzzah! The phase one of the new and improved, easy to update progress sheep has been completed! I suppose this means little to any of you, especially since it is only in the "kinda easy to use" phase, but I am happy that I have at least cracked this little project open. There's still no interface, mind you, but set up a nice, easy to use file that Betsy and I can open up and just enter the color, percent, and a couple of other salient details in, and the miracle of web programming does the rest.
In any case, I have been trying to get all monomaniacal about my wavy scarf, so that I can have one winter item completed before Winter is, itself, completed. I'm about fifteen rows into my fourth row repeat, and just at the beginning of my third and final skein. However, last night at Borders, I was entirely too fed up to work on it at all. I could have been coding this, then, but a). I thought I was going to do all the fanciness at once and b). I still don't have my laptop set up to be a web server, so I would have had to cough up for the appalling T-Mobile wireless prices.
Anyway, still here and kicking. And knitting.
Posted by omar at 06:34 PM | Comments (1)
Get snippy
Michelle and Omar got to witness me get extremely bossy and bold with Clapotis today.
Sometimes I don't read directions all the way through, which is a wonderful foible for a teacher...
Anyway, in section four when I started the decreases I didn't notice that I should begin dropping stitches on both ends. I have too much else to knit to deal with ripping all of that out! I considered leaving one end without three dropped stitches, but then I just got out my scissors and got bold. That's right, I cut the stitches at the top and let them drop, and tied the ends at the top in square knots. I think I'll be able to hide it fairly well, and if need be I will secure the ends into the fabric with sewing thread. No turning back! Never surrender. Good practice for my steeking adventure.
I also started the drop stitch scarf in Lion Brand Incredible for my grandma. This yarn is so rustly. I wonder if it would soften up after a wash. The color is nice, though.
As Delicious Yarn pointed out, the Posh yarn is now gone from Knitpicks. My order has shipped, however. It was meant to be.
Here is a picture of the Adrienne Vittadini sweater that I'm currently crushing on and dreaming of in Knitpicks Merino Style:
I was so happy to see that many of her patterns go up to a 52" bust! woohoo!
Posted by Betsy at 01:27 AM | Comments (4)
February 24, 2005
Oh SEX- Classic Elite Posh
This yarn IS SEX. Both acronym and non-acronym. I've felt it at WEBS before, and ...gaga.
So, when I saw it on clearance at knitpicks, in only one color: ORANGE! Obviously I knew it was meant to be.
I also ordered three different colors of Merino Style to decide what I want to use for the deep-v Adrienne Vittadini sweater that I will make--after I finish everything else. Uh huh. :)
My misguided mother gave me a $50 Michael's giftcard. Purchased: Knitting on the Edge (40% off), red sock-shaped point protectors, the cha-ching row counter, more stitch markers, and one lone skein of Lion Brand Incredible in Autumn Leaves to make a quicky drop-stitch scarf for my grandma.
Posted by Betsy at 10:57 PM | Comments (3)
February 21, 2005
last hurrah
Something historic happened last night. Kyoto is again on the needles. I'm giving the collar one more go (third time). If this doesn't work, I'm frogging it and most likely not making another attempt with this pattern. For those of us who are just joining us, my Kyoto hit a huge setback in its last stages, it doesn't fit right over my bust and I have had trouble getting the collar to lay right.
This time I've gone down two needle sizes and am doing double seed stitch. I'd like to note that what the Kyoto pattern calls double seed stitch, according the About.com stitch pattern library, is actually moss stitch. But I'm doing double seed stitch, because I started it in that and there's no way I'm ripping it out.
Clapotis is nearing final stages. My dad's fingerless gloves are finally done (thanks to Omar) and now all that remains for them is several hours of finishing work. Bleh.
Omar has decided to focus his energies on his Wavy scarf so he can have one useable winter item.
Edited to add: I actually had a Eureka! moment where I decided to scrap the double seed stitch (whatever it is) idea and do a 2x2 rib collar on the Kyoto. I'm not sure it's going to be my aesthetic ideal, but it should give me plenty of give and lay nicely. As I told Omar, I'm not sure I care what the effect is at this point, I just want this sucker done.
Rows are taking me 10 minutes each, which is killing me. I think there must be over 200 stitches per row.
Posted by Betsy at 05:35 PM | Comments (3)
February 06, 2005
Oldest UFOs
I just read someone's blog who had finished their oldest UFO. What is your oldest UFO and how old is it? Mine are 1. an eyelash and alpaca boucle scarf (three years) and 2. the Einstein Coat (two and half or so).
Speaking of, this January marks my third year of knitting.
I wonder if we shouldn't start a knit-along for finishing our oldest UFOs. Anyone interested? I would finish my Einstein coat, I'm going to frog that scarf.
Clapotis update: 9 stitches dropped.
Posted by Betsy at 02:00 PM | Comments (14)